First person caught in a far-off land (6)
I believe the answer is:
africa
'land' is the definition.
(Africa is an example)
'first person caught in a far-off' is the wordplay.
'first person' becomes 'i'.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'c'='ic'
'a'+'far'='afar'
'afar' with letters rearranged gives 'afra'.
'ic' placed inside 'afra' is 'AFRICA'.
(Other definitions for africa that I've seen before include "Location of 14 downb" , "It stretches from Cairo to the Cape" , "Place" , "Second-largest continent" , "RAF and CIA strangely together on the continent" .)